Celestine Chat Help

ONLINE HELP

Logging in
Input Field
Commands
Content Box

Button Toolbar
User List
Emoticons
Audio Emoticons

Text Color
Private Message
Subrooms
Timestamp

Logging In

Celestine Chat requires registration before entering the chat room. Click Create a new user account to register the username that you'd like to use in the chat room. Please make a note of your password, as we do not have a password retrieval system!

To login, click on the Username field and enter your user name and password.

Click the Login button to enter the chat room.

Input Field

Use the input field to enter and send messages to the chat room. After typing a message press Enter, or click the Send button to send the message to other users.

If you wish to get another user's attention, type their name within the message that you are sending them. Their message will appear in a different color, and a sound will be played.

You may also right-click your mouse in the text input field for additional features. An input field right-click menu is shown at the right. The Emoticons and Audicons submenu allow you to quickly select an emoticon without using a popup emoticon window. The Markup window allows you to customize your message by inserting BBCode or HTML code.

The following commands are available to you in the chat room. To enter a command, ensure the text input field is blank, and begin the command with a forward slash (/) followed immediately by one of the commands listed below. E.g., to clear the chat display, type /cls and press Enter.

/a "message"	: Send Action Message
/clign	: Clear Ignore List
/cls	: Clear Screen
/create "room"	: Create Room
/help	: Help List
/ignore "username"	: Ignore User
/join "room"	: Join Room
/listen "username"	: Un-ignore User
/msg "username" "message"	: Send Private Message
/nick "username"	: Change username

Content (Chat) box

The main chat display region is where messages appear have been sent to the chat room. All users in the room will see the same messages.

You may copy and paste content from the display by selecting the text with your mouse. Right click anywhere in the display region to view a menu allowing you to copy text, clear the display, set font size & style, and much more. Explanations for items whose functions aren't apparent are provided below:

Ignore IM's: Ignore all incoming instant messages

Font Face & Size: Here you may set the font style and size used in the main display. Other users will not see the setting you have chosen.

Show Markup: Enable or disable special markup, including text colors, HTML markup, and BBCode.

Show Time: When selected, every public message will indicate the time it was received.

Audio: Enable or disable sounds from being played.

Audio Notify: Play a short message when a public message is received.

Popup Notify: Popup a small window indicating when someone has entered a new message.

Button Toolbar

The button toolbar provides access to various features of the chat room. Below is a description of each button.

	Choose a text color.
	Turn on/off Bold text in your input field. Usually bold is indicated by [b] and [/b] BBCode commands.
	Turn on/off Italic text in your input field. Usually italic is indicated by [i] and [/i] BBCode commands..
	Turn on/off Underline text in your input field. Usually underline is indicated by [u] and [/u] BBCode commands.
	Show Emoticon Popup Selection Tool.
	Show Audio Emoticon (Audicon) Popup Selection Tool.
	Increase Font Size
	Decrease Font Size
	Clear Screen
	Enable/Disable Timestamps Next to Messages
	Enable/Disable All Sounds
	Float the chat room in a separate (popup) window
	Request Help
	Logout

User list

The User List provides a list of all users currently logged into the chat room, including a list of all available chat rooms.

Users are indicated by a purple sunstar ; if they are away, a gold sunstar also appears by their name. To set your status as "Away," use the Online pull-down menu above the User List.

Emoticons

Emoticons are textual representations of emotions, for conveying feelings in an atmosphere where it would be difficult to express them otherwise. To your right is a list of the emoticons provided for this room. Simply type in text that you see in the second column, and the corresponding image (shown in the third column) will appear in the chat room.

Smile		:)
Grin		:D
Blink		*)
Tongue		:p
Sad		:(
Unsure		:?
Laugh		lol
Surprised		:o
Wink		;)
Blush		*b
Thinking		*th
Zipped		*z
Seeing stars		*stz
Hugs		*hgz
Hi		*hi
Sync		*s
Group hug		*gh
Butterfly		*bfly
Earth		*e
Yin/Yang		*y
Love		*h
Love & Light		*lnl
Rainbow		*r
Peace		*p
Music		*m

Audio Emoticons

Audicons, or audio emoticons, are audible representations of emotion, used to convey thoughts or feelings with a sound that replaces a single word (trigger). The audicon window will display audio emoticons available in your chat room.

Click on any audicon to add its corresponding trigger to the input field. When you send your message to the chat room, the trigger will display and the corresponding sound will be heard by all users who have audio enabled.

Text Color

You may change your text color as it is displayed within the chat room by right clicking the color dialog by clicking the Color button within the Button Toolbar.

A sample color dialog is shown to the left. You may select a color directly from the web-safe palette, or you may manually adjust your color with the HSB and RGB options. Click the OK button to apply your new color settings.

Private Messages

To send an instant (private) message to another user, you may use the /msg command, or simply double click on another user's name in the user list.

By double-clicking on another user's name, a new window will apppear allowing you to have a one-on-one conversation with that user. To send a message, type your message in the input field at the top and click the Send button.

Our policy is that unless you have already established a relationship with another, you must ask permission in the main chat window before opening a private message.

Subrooms

Celestine Chat offers multiple subrooms. Subrooms are shown in the list on the lower right hand side of the applet, just below the user list. They are indicated by a gold door icon (). To enter another room, double click on a room name to enter that room.

Users may also create subrooms. To create a new subroom, clcik on the icon. When you name your subroom, be aware that subroom names may not contain spaces. You will automatically be placed in the subroom you create. When a user-created subroom is empty, it is removed from the system.

To move among rooms, double click on the room names in the User List area.

Timestamp

You may toggle the timestamp on/off by clicking the timestamp button

. The timestamp may also be accessed from the right-click menu in the main content area (where messages are displayed). When this feature is turned on, all incoming messages will be displayed with the time that they were received. This time is relative to your own computer, and the timezone in which it resides.

Float & Dock

Many users find this feature helpful. Click the Float/Dock button to load the chat room into a separate window, which is then resizable. When you wish to return the chatroom to its browser, simply reclick the Float/Dock button.

Note: You must keep the original browser window that the chat room was floated from open, although it can be minimizez. Closing this window will cause your chat connection to close.

Message Scrollback

The Message Scrollback Feature allows you to scroll back through the previous messages you have entered into the chatroom. To use this feature, simply press the Up and Down arrow buttons in the blue box where you type messages. This feature makes it easy to simply go back and edit the message that you have just typed.